Solar projects

[crofter]

Good news for the planet:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephe...tt-has-started-the-biggest-energy-revolution/

-crofter

 

[crofter]

[font=tabular-numbers, Georgia,]From the above article:[/font]

[font=tabular-numbers, Georgia,]"...the plant’s power will cost $33 per megawatt hour. That's half the estimated cost of power from a new natural gas plant![/font]

[font=tabular-numbers, Georgia,]And at $13 per megawatt hour, the storage cost is 35% below the MIT scientists’ threshold for the world to go 100% solar. Mark Z. Jacobson, a Stanford professor and one of the most vocal green energy advocates, tweeted on the news: "Goodnight #naturalgas, goodnight #coal, goodnight #nuclear."[/font]

Coming to a neighborhood near you, the plant near Las Vegas is expected to provide 6 to 7 percent of LA's power needs.   -crofter

 

[crofter]

But Buffet's project is not a first for NV, according to Switch. 


https://qz.com/882093/switch-a-dese...zon-and-netflix-how-to-help-save-the-climate/

-crofter

 

[crofter]

In Vietnam, price is the determining factor.  -crofter
https://cleantechnica.com/2020/02/1...ietnam-dimming-prospects-for-new-coal-plants/

 

[crofter]

Northerners getting into the act, in a small scale way.  -crofter

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200219-the-solar-farms-fighting-climate-change-in-alaska

 

[maki2]

not much information in the Forbes article because the reference material they had to work with had very little information in it. However it is being built on BLM land and there is some extra but still limited information in the report the BLM put out in the review for the project.

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2019/06/10/worlds-largest-battery-system-planned-for-nevada-solar-plant/